Gardening

[Bosun]

Thank you Yorkie, for pointing out that typo. Without your eagle-eyed genius, non one reading the post would have been even vaguely intelligent enough to possibly realise that I meant flower borders, rather than pirates or lodgers.

You don’t bother to follow Cicero’s adage then?

[Yorkie]

Thank you Yorkie, for pointing out that typo. Without your eagle-eyed genius, non one reading the post would have been even vaguely intelligent enough to possibly realise that I meant flower borders, rather than pirates or lodgers.

My pleasure Cap'n!      No fun allowed on this Forum then?   

Bosun also said, "You don’t bother to follow Cicero’s adage then?"

Yep I do!  I believe that I and many others on this forum, especially the cynics, follow the second specification!      Put yourself in whichever slot you wish.   

[Nemesis]

 

[DaveR]

eagle-eyed genius

[Yorkie]

eagle-eyed genius

Can't argue with that    L0L!

[Bosun]

ita probaverunt.

[Yorkie]

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Marcus Tullius Cicero


QED

[Linda]

  I think a moment just to think happy thoughts

[Nemesis]

Karma

[Linda]

Karma

Karma and calmer  ZXZ . Just a gardening question.Could anyone help me, Im wondering why my Rasberry plants havent produced any fruit this year, i planted them spring 2012. Plenty of foliage but nothing else. 

[1_rob_1]

Hi, Linda

Did your raspberries flower?
If not, then the following may help.

I dont know much about diseases etc, but I do know from experience that raspberry canes produce fruit in their second season, so if your original canes have died back & all your canes now have green stems, then they will not produce any flowers/fruit till next year.


Rob

[Nemesis]

Mine haven't had much in the way of fruit Linda. I was blaming the weather.

[Linda]

Hi, Linda

Did your raspberries flower?
If not, then the following may help.

I dont know much about diseases etc, but I do know from experience that raspberry canes produce fruit in their second season, so if your original canes have died back & all your canes now have green stems, then they will not produce any flowers/fruit till next year.


Rob

Thanks Rob, i think they got cut back last year after something got some nearby gooseberries, whatever it was they striped the gooseberry stems bare and shoots were dropping off. Really weird. The rasberries seem to be fine and untouched but like i said just foliage. Maybe ill have better luck next year if i havent sold my house by then

[Linda]

Mine haven't had much in the way of fruit Linda. I was blaming the weather.

me too i thought it was too dry and warm. Great for tomatoes though 

[1_rob_1]

If they flowered & the flowers/fruits dried up, then it could be that the ground dried up.

Re: gooseberries  -  My major prob is the green caterpillars from the cabbage white butterflies - they can strip thewhole plant bare in a few days - I dont like to spray, so i pick them off one by one & relocate them.